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Gervase Wheeler This page intentionally left blank A Driftless Connecticut Series Book This book is a 2011 selection in the driftless connecticut series, for an outstanding book in any field on a Connecticut topic or written by a Connecticut author. Gervase Wheeler A BRITISH ARCHITECT IN AMERICA 1847--1860 Renée E. Tribert and James F. O’Gorman �������� ���������� ����� Middletown, Connecticut Frontispiece: Wesleyan University Press Gervase Wheeler, Henry Hill Boody House, Middletown CT 06459 Brunswick, Maine, 1848–49. The projecting www.wesleyan.edu/wespress entrance porch is later. (O’Gorman photo, 2008) © 2012 Renée E. Tribert and James F. O’Gorman All rights reserved An exhaustive effort has been made to locate Manufactured in the United States of America the rights holder for the photograph of the Edward Typeset in Miller, Clarendon and Didot types Bartlett residence (Figure 13) and to clear reprint permission. If the required acknowledgments The Driftless Connecticut Series is funded by the have been omitted, or any rights overlooked, it is Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund unintentional and understanding is requested. at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Wesleyan University Press gratefully Wesleyan University Press is a member of the acknowledges the assistance of Furthermore: Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund. meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tribert, Renee. Gervase Wheeler: a British architect in America, 1847–1860 / Renée Tribert and James F. O’Gorman. — 1st ed. p. cm.—(Garnet) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBn 978-0-8195-7145-8 (cloth: alk. paper)— ISBn 978-0-8195-7146-5 (ebook) 1. Wheeler, Gervase—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Architecture—United States—History—19th century. 3. Architects— Great Britain—Biography. I. Wheeler, Gervase. II. O’Gorman, James F. III. Title. nA997.W463T75 2011 720.92—dc23 2011035007 [B] 5 4 3 2 1 To the memory of Monica and Claude Tribert, who always believed. —Renée E. Tribert and Kell and “Birthel,” great Danes, great friends. —James F. O’Gorman This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface xi INTRODUCTION 1 NEW YORK CITY, 1847 16 BRUNSWICK, MAINE, 1847–1848 18 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 1847–1849 29 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 1849 34 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 1849–1850 43 NEW YORK CITY, 1850–1851 49 NORWICHTOWN, CONNECTICUT, 1851–1852 58 NEW YORK CITY, 1853–1860 65 EPILOGUE 96 Appendix: Wheeler’s Addresses 99 in the United States notes 101 Index 111
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